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The Mondellos

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Blind Faith! Asia! The Traveling Wilburys! Just three of the many "supergroups" in the history of rock music to bear absolutely no resemblance whatsoever to the sonic splendor of the mighty Mondellos. Distilled from the living wreckage of Southeastern sloplords The Delusionaires and Thee Monarchy V, The Mondellos exhume the all-but-extinct "Florida Sound" of such luminaries as Benny Joy and Allen Page and embalm it with equal portions alcohol and aphrodesia. Mondellos membranophonist Winthrop Fist (nee Dennie Fist, later Dennie Monarchy) is no stranger to aficionados of the Big Beat, his signature stomp looming large through the legendary Harmonoius Fists and Thee Monarchy V. Less celebrated but no less insidious is the six-string slaughter of Artie Mondello, who under the nom de string of Aaron Jarvis has racked up a frightful number of bar tabs with the Exotic Aarontones, the Vodkats, the Del Spektros, the Aaronauts, and the Delusionaires. Tobacco Road meets Bikini Beach? The missing link between Jan & Arnie and Menster Phip? Only hindsight will tell. For today, the Mondellos' frenzied brand of surf-stomp-twist-slop beat reduction can only speak for itself, in a language both forgotten and not yet written...

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Member Since: 28/08/2005
Band Website: http://themondellos.com
Band Members: Artie "Big Moose" Mondello - Guitars and Screaming
Winthrop "Don't Call Me Chief" Fist - Drums and Moaning

Influences: The Trashmen, The Trashwomen, Benny Joy, Gary Usher, Panther Burns, Hasil Adkins, Link Wray, Dean Martin, Cordell Jackson, King Uszniewicz, Xavier Cugat, Allen Page and the Big Four, A-Bones, Danny Zella, the Potato Bug...
Sounds Like: Menster Phip meets Jan & Arnie where Tobacco Road hits Bikini Beach.
Record Label: Zanzibar Records
Type of Label: Major

My Blog

SATURDAY IN SAVANNAH!!!

 Yes, kids, that ain't just pollen twitchin' yer snoot -- the unmistakable musk of the Mondellos is in the air, with an inexplicable double-shot of dipso dynamite!  Two shows, one night, one zip code!...
Posted by on Thu, 26 Mar 2009 09:07:00 GMT

The Mondellos and other Titless Wonders

Not that y'all need reminding, but what a wonderful opportunity to regoigitate, which means ta repeat, dat da mighty MONDELLOS will be moistening the floors of UNCLE LOU'S ENTERTAINMENT HALL this FRID...
Posted by on Thu, 28 Sep 2006 08:54:00 GMT

Bye Bye, Brad Leo! Hello, Mondellos!!!

 Yeah, kids, we inhabit an awfully ephemeral quarter here in the Mid-FLA stomp scene.  We subject ourselves to nothin' but crap mosta the time, 'cept for the rest of us that are forced ...
Posted by on Mon, 25 Sep 2006 02:32:00 GMT

Mondellos! Bradleo! Jim O'Rourke! Uncle Lou's!!!

Hootcha, kiddios!    Ya can stop checkin' yer watches, now -- I'm actually bein' proactive fer a change & spillin' these beans more than a morning aheadatime.  I've alluded to this ...
Posted by on Mon, 21 Aug 2006 07:22:00 GMT

Mid-Summer Mayhem from the Zanzibar Records Stable of Stars!

Heya, kids! Heap-big hayload of hokum to hawk here, so let's get goin'! Thusly: 1. MONDELLOS ON MILLS, Mk II! Stop me if you've heard this one before, but... No, I ain't pullin' yer prong, the Mond...
Posted by on Tue, 25 Jul 2006 20:41:00 GMT

STOP THE PRESSES!!! NO GIG TOMORROW!!!

Dammit!  I KNEW somethin' was gonna foul this up, and sure enuff, the Mondellos Curse continues!  A painful call from the otherwise delightful Mary-Frances bears cruel tidings:  the afo...
Posted by on Fri, 30 Jun 2006 08:46:00 GMT

Mondellos Memorial Mayhem!

Hey again, kids -- yer own Artie Mondello, "the Yellow Mondello" back again pitchin' a brace o' barnstormers for the export market.  Again?!?  Yep, once more, we can't get mugged in the Big...
Posted by on Thu, 25 May 2006 06:35:00 GMT

Mondellos in Motion, cont...

If for no other reason than to put my ineptitude on display, the Mondellos website now has a bonafide Videos page.  Thanks to my finally blowing thirty bucks on the Quicktime Pro key, you now hav...
Posted by on Mon, 10 Apr 2006 13:13:00 GMT

The People Speak

Ah, the Mondellos have an eyewitness account to boast of on the web, direct from this site's overview of the aforementioned Boss Martians/Unrequited Loves assault on Orlando: "THE MONDELLOS were...
Posted by on Mon, 03 Apr 2006 05:04:00 GMT

We Live!

Damning odds and our health alike, the Mondellos have indeed managed to survive their semi-coast-to-coast tour with the Boss Martians (ok, so we played just two shows with 'em...). Almost no sleep ov...
Posted by on Mon, 27 Mar 2006 14:32:00 GMT